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GAO-09-590R 1 (2009-04-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaannb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~G A 0 Accointab|lty I Integrity I Rehahility United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 April 29, 2009 The Honorable George V. Voinovich Acting Ranking Member Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate The Honorable Edolphus Towns Chairman Committee on Oversight and Government Reform House of Representatives The Honorable Stephen F. Lynch Chairman Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia Committee on Oversight and Government Reform House of Representatives The Honorable Danny Davis House of Representatives Subject: Recovery Act: Consistent Policies Needed to Ensure Equal Consideration of Grant Applications Grants.gov is the central grant identification and application portal for the more than 1,000 federal grants programs offered by 26 federal grant-making agencies and organizations.' The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) created Grants.gov, to streamline administrative grant application requirements and reduce the burden on applicants, among other things. On March 6, 2009, Grants.gov began posting specific grant opportunities provided in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).2 As a result, submissions have escalated to an unprecedented level. 'All federal discretionary grant opportunities are required to be posted on the site, and many grantor agencies require applicants to submit most or all grant applications using the Grants.gov apply mechanism. We use the term grantor agencies throughout this report to mean the 26 grant-making agencies and their subcomponents that have distinctive application policies. For example, the Department of Health and Human Services is made up of agencies, each of which has its own policies on grant applications. We consider each operating division a grantor agency. In a survey we conducted of 80 grantor agencies, we found that 64 percent (47) of the 74 respondents required the use of Grants.gov for most to all of their grants. 'Pub. L. No. 111-5 (Feb. 17, 2009). For grant opportunity postings, see http://www. rants . lv/a licants/recover .sp (as of Apr. 28, 2009). GAO-09-590R Recovery Act Grant Applications

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